Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements

Session 2A System Identification.- Damage Identification of Existing Structures.- Survey on Parameter Estimation Within System Identification Using a Priori Knowledge of System Analysis.- Modal and Damage Analysis of Elastic Structures - Frequency Separation by Non-Linear Filter.- System Identification of Structural Dynamic Parameters from Modal Data.- Session 2B Water Resources.- Solution of an Inverse Problem in Groundwater Flow Using Uncertain Data.- Pressure Field Data Acquisition on a Physical Well Model Using a Minicomputer.- A Two Dimensional Numerical Model for Mising in Natural Rivers.- Session 3A Data Identification.- Acquisition and Processing of Experimental Data by a Mini Computer in a Hydraulic Laboratory.- Computer-Based Measurements of Incipient Wave Breaking.- Acquisition and Display of Data From Large Arrays of Sensors.- Session 3B Atmospheric Fluid Dynamics.- Designing Experiments for Investigating Columnar Vortices.- Comparative Studies of Tornado-Like Vortices.- Numerical Calculation of the Regime Diagram for the Atmospheric General Circulation Experiment.- The Numerical Design of a Spherical Baroclinic Experiment for Spacelab Flights.- Session 4A Material Identification.- Development of Material Models for Reinforced Concrete Slabs.- Combined Method for Prediction of the Time-Dependent Deflection of Reinforced Concrete Elements.- Boundary Integral Equations Applied in the Characterisation of Elastic Materials.- Session 4B Geophysical Fluid Dynamics.- Numerical Simulation of a Laminar Vortex Flow.- Laboratory and Numerical Studies of Internal Gravity Wave Propagation in a Sheared Environment.- Resonant and Non-Resonant Wave-Wave Interactions for Internal Gravity Waves.- Numerical Solutions for the Spin-up From Rest of a Homogeneous Fluid in aCylinder.- Session 5A Structural Dynamics.- Modal Identification of Vibrating Structures and Rotating Machines at Their Critical Speeds.- Session 5B Fluid Dynamics.- Numerical Computation of Turbulent Oblique Impinging Jet on a Flat Surface.- Comparison of Solutions of the Navier-Stokes and Interacting Boundary Layer Equations for Separated Turbulent Flow.- Computation of Three-Dimensional Turbulent Jets in Cross Flow.- Session 6A Structural Applications.- Simulation of Earthquake Response of Reinforced Concrete Building Frame by Computer-Actuator On-Line System.- Pseudo Three-Dimensional Analysis of the Effect of Basin Deformations on Dam Displacements: Comparison With Experimental Measurements.- Modelling Stochastic Signals for Dynamic Experiments by Use of a Computer.- Pseudo-Dynamic Response Analysis by Computer-Actuator Hybrid System and its Application to Aseismic Design of Steel Structures.- Session 6B Waves & Structures.- Prediction of Wave Forces.- Numerical Experiments with Reflecting Water Waves.- kth-Order Closed Form Difference Equations for 1-Dimensional, First and Second Order, Linear Hyperbolic Equations, with Applications to Quasilinear Systems.- Comparison Between Numerical and Experimental Results in Study of Offshore Structure Movements.- Session 7A Soil Dynamics.- Effect of Frequency on Liquefaction Potential of Saturated Monterey No. O Sand.- Percentage Silt Content in Sands and its Effect on Liquefaction Potential.- Session 7B Fluid-Structure Interaction.- Particle Velocities Beneath a Solitary Wave.- Computational and Experimental Studies of Problems in Marine Hydrodynamics.- Numerical and Experimental Stress Analysis Studies of Walled Oblate and Prolate Hemispheroidal Domes and Panel Structures for Sonar Systems.- Session 8A Geomechanics.- Iterative Schemes to Improve Predictive Capabilities of a Finite Element Dynamic Model of Massive Structures.- Identification of Pressures and Maintenance in Railway Tunnels.- Session 8B Free-Surface Flow.- A Three-Dimensional Circulation Model for Chesapeake Bay.- Tides in the Bay of Bengal.- Session 9A Structural Applications.- Comparisons Between Numerical and Photoelastic Studies of the Compact Shear Specimen.- Nonlinear Modeling of Precast Concrete Large Panel Buildings Under Simulated Progressive Collapse Conditions.- Static and Dynamic Analysis of Space Frameworks with Curved Menbers.- Session 9B Sediment Transport.- Recent Developments on Numerical Modeling and Simulation of Sediment Transport.- Migrating Sedimentary Waves in a Large Test Channel.- Modelling Sedimentation Basins.- Session 10A Structural Applications.- Analysis of Large Deflections of Fishing Rods.- Session 10B Sediment Transport.- Behaviour of a Mixture of a Non Newtonian Fluid with Spirical Solid Particles with Fixed Centre.- Evaluation of Form Friction Factor in Alluvial Channels by Finite Element Method.- Experimental Studies of Sediment Transport: An Overview.- Session 11A Fracture Mechanics.- Boundary Element Method and Holographic Interfermetry for Three-Dimensional Crack Analysis.- Session 11B Heat Transfer.- F.E.M. - Experimental Testing Integrated Procedure in I.C. Engine Head Heat Transfer Analysis.- Boundary Element Method for Heat and Gas Flows in Solid Waste.- Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements in Structural Fire Engineering Problems.- Session 12A Structures.- Transient Analysis of Layered Composite Plates Using a Shear Deformation Theory.- Ultimate Load Behaviour of R. C. Deep Beams.- Session 12B Fluid Mechanics.- Numerical and Experimental Study of the UnsteadyViscous Flow Generated by an Impulsively Started Elliptic Cylinder.- Pulsatile Couette Flow of a Power Fluid with Mixed Condition on the Inner Cylinder.- Experimental and Numerical Evidence of Balkflow in a Thermally Stratified Shear Flow.- The Formation and Growth of Waves Produced by the Flat Impingement of Two Jets.- Statistical Identification of Yeild Limits in Piece-Wise Linear Structural Models.- Comparison of Numerical and Experimental Simulations of Groundwater Recessions.